Fedora 21: arj Security Update
Summary
This package is an open source version of the arj archiver. It has
been created with the intent to preserve maximum compatibility and
retain the feature set of original ARJ archiver as provided by ARJ
Software, Inc.
Update Information:
- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180) - Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824) - Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824)
Change Log
* Fri Apr 3 2015 Robert Scheck
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1178824 - CVE-2015-0556 CVE-2015-0557 arj: two directory traversal flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178824 [ 2 ] Bug #1207180 - CVE-2015-2782 arj: free on invalid pointer due to to buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207180 [ 3 ] Bug #1196751 - arj: buffer overflow write access initiated by a size read from a crafted archive https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196751
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update arj' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .